# 1 gurkha, 40 bandits, no problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658 "2011-02-08T16:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/1 "2011-02-08T16:17:41Z")
This guy has a big, brass pair. I just have to share this. Forty bandits trying to rob a train in India were chased off by [a single knife-wielding gurkha](http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htinf/articles/20110203.aspx), who killed three and wounded eight while fighting in the aisles of the passenger cars. The gurkha was protecting a young girl from rape. All India has been celebrating this guy for months. Looks like there’s some justice in this world after all. Damn, I feel good today. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/2 "2011-02-08T16:20:21Z")
_Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali!_ Get some, Bishnu! ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/3 "2011-02-08T16:21:36Z")
Four Words: Kick Ass. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/4 "2011-02-08T16:37:43Z")
Awesome. Someone should tell Joanna Lumley. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/5 "2011-02-08T16:49:59Z")
_Damn._ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/6 "2011-02-08T17:01:29Z")
One to forty? He had them outnumbered. “Don’t fuck with a Gurkha” is right there in the manual, next to the bit about a land war in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/7 "2011-02-08T17:12:59Z")
When are we going to get a sweet Hollywood action movie about Ghurkas??? They could be the new Pirates of the Caribbean! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/8 "2011-02-08T17:47:48Z")
“That’s not a knife…[THAT’S](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khukuri) a knife.” The kukri/khukuri is ideal for close-quarters melee. Looks like at least some of the bandits in question brought guns to a knife fight! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/9 "2011-02-08T17:49:31Z")
How did he fit down the aisle with balls that big? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/10 "2011-02-08T18:01:43Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > How did he fit down the aisle with balls that big? It must have looked like a scene from _Wipeout_. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/11 "2011-02-08T18:07:34Z")
Great story! [http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news\_details&news\_id=27100](http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=27100) [http://www.logiccool.com/img/upload/bishnu-shrestha-nepali-gorkha-who-subdued-40-train-robbers.jpg](http://www.logiccool.com/img/upload/bishnu-shrestha-nepali-gorkha-who-subdued-40-train-robbers.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/12 "2011-02-08T18:58:33Z")
“Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/13 "2011-02-08T19:38:29Z")
Very badass. My son would say “total Chuck Norris” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/14 "2011-02-08T20:56:10Z")
Reminds me of the legend of the Texas Ranger who was sent to quell a disturbance. When he arrived at his destination and was asked “Only one Ranger?”, he replied “Well, as I heard it, you’ve only got one riot.” From [this linked article](http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=27100): > [@](#): > > Shrestha-- who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting–was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3. If there’s any justice, that seat will be retired like a sports great’s number, and equipped with an explanatory plaque. Of course, Shrestha will be welcome to sit in it if he ever boards that train again… ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/15 "2011-02-08T22:03:41Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Very badass. > > My son would say “total Chuck Norris” Pffft ! Chuck Norris wants to be a gurkha when he’ll be all grown up. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/16 "2011-02-09T00:32:33Z")
Take on a gurkha and you’ll find yourself in a _pickle!_ Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/17 "2011-02-09T02:27:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Although some of the bandits had pistols, they were either fake (a common ploy in India), inoperable, **or handled by a man who didn’t want to get too close to an angry Gurkha**. Best line in the story. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/18 "2011-02-09T03:24:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Take on a gurkha and you’ll find yourself in a _pickle!_ Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! LOL! You win the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/19 "2011-02-09T03:39:29Z")
I’m reminded of a quote by one Lieutenant General Chesty Puller, USMC: _“We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them.”_😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658/20 "2011-02-09T03:47:17Z")
_nods_ One train robbing gang, one gurkha. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-gurkha-40-bandits-no-problem/570658.md?page=2)